Shoe-fastener



No. 770,535. f l BATBNTBD SEPT. zo, 1904.V

^ E. PHILLIPS,

SHOE PAsTENER. AFPLIGATIQN FILED MAR. 4. 1903.

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Patented September 20, 1904.

EDWARUPIIILLIPS, 0F, EAST-sr LOUIS, ILLINOIS, AssIGfuoR` 0F -oNE- HALFTO B. TARLTON, OF EAST ST. LOUIS', ILLINOIS.

SHOE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,535,.da.tedSeptember 20, 1904.

i .gppumian nea umh 4, 190s. serial No. 146,250, (No modem 1 zen of theUnited States, residing at 719 North ISeventh street, East St. Louis,St. Clair county, State oflllinois, have invented certain'newfand usefulImprovements in Shoe- Fasteners, of which the following isaspecifastening-straps interlace and showing thev fasteners. Referring tothe dnl-wings in detail, the iaps 3 and thuve-interlauzing tongues 5 and6, there being spaces'7 between the tongues 5 to receive the-tongues 6and there being spaces 8 between the tongues 6 to receive the tongues 5,so that when the -shoe is put on and the iaps 3 and 4 broughttogetherthe tongues 5 members Q upon 'the outer ends of the tonguesengege the fastenerl members 10, fastened toftheiiaps 3 in line with thespaces 7 and and 6 interlace over the instep. l 'The fastener inotinjure the' similar fastenermembers 1l upon the inner ends ofthetongues 5 engagethe fastener memberslQ in line with the spaces 8.

By the application of my invention to a shoe l fastened the tongues A5vand 6 completely cover the instep, thus keeping out cold and dirt, andat the Sametime the instep is fiexible and will foot of the wearer.

I claim- 1 l Alshoe-iastener, comprising the combination with theshoe-fiaps 3 and 4, of thetinterlacing tongues 5 and 6, there beingspaces 7 between the vtongues 5 to receive the tongues .6,-jand therebeing spaces 8 between the tongues 6 toi receive the tongues 5, thefastener members 9 upon the inner Lends of the iap 3 to be engaged bythe fastener members 19,'the fastener members 11 upon the inner vends'.of the tongues 5, and the fastener members 12 upon the Haptto beengagedvby the meinberslL substantially-as described.

EDWARD PHILLIPS.

i Witnesses:

J. G. CARR, l (LA. MILLER, Jr. l

[tongues 6, the fastener members' l0 upon the

